How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[olaftab]

If true Purslow needs to explain or is he building up his credentials for a future role in the hierarchy of Premier League management?

[Jon Crofts]

There's an easy solution to this whole sordid affair.

Liverpool vs Leeds at Old Trafford whoever cries the most wins.

[paul_e]

Noted.  I'll expect you to put 'in my opinion' or provide hard evidence on everything you post from now on.

An opinion isn't a trick, it's an opinion.  The forum is full of them, it's kind of the point.

Cheers, it's been fun.

Fucking hell, it's like talking to a 5 year old ...

I believe Starmer is laying the groundwork

and

He's also coming under pressure from Starmer to do so

Top one is written as opinion, bottom one is written as fact, if you can't see how they're different then you're not even as smart as I assumed.

[chrisw1]

What exactly do you want here Paul?  I've said it was an opinion 3 times.  Now just fuck off will you?

[Richard E]

There's an easy solution to this whole sordid affair.

Liverpool vs Leeds at Old Trafford whoever cries the most wins.

Leeds would take more tears.

[PeterWithesShin]

We'll knock it off there thank you very much.

[The Edge]

There's an easy solution to this whole sordid affair.

Liverpool vs Leeds at Old Trafford whoever cries the most wins.

Quality comment !!!

[Marlon From Bearwood]

According to David Ornstein from The Athetic we are one of the clubs who have agreed to the neutral venue option , the other teams near us all object ( Norwich not made view known)

Seems a strange position to take considering we’ll lose home advantage for 6 games whereas for our rivals it will be 4 or 5.

[Drummond]

Maybe we're lulling them into a false sense of security.

[aev]

Doesn’t he own a percentage of the club?

[paul_e]

It depends what the alternatives they discussed were. Keeping the standings as they are, Points per game, or any other 'on paper' solution fucks us over a lot more than anyone else in the bottom 6 because of our game in hand.

[garyellis]

It depends what the alternatives they discussed were. Keeping the standings as they are, Points per game, or any other 'on paper' solution fucks us over a lot more than anyone else in the bottom 6 because of our game in hand.

Perhaps we have agreed to complete the fixtures this way:
a) if possible and
B) no relegation given the inconsistency and disadvantage to us
I suspect there is a long way to go on this yet before we know the full facts.

[john2710]

The Govt will not block the resumption of games behind closed doors - they want good news / things getting back to normal!

The PL will want to finish the season / keep money from Sky. The integrity of the product is irrelevant as long as the money keeps coming.

The majority of PL & EFL clubs will want to finish the season / money.

The majority of fans will want to watch their team play, until they realise it's a shit product without a crowd.

The numbers in hospital & the number of new daily infections need to be much lower before we should think of restarting anything.

But I would be stunned if they didn't find a way to force this to happen.

[ChicagoLion]

The players don’t want to play, the players will not be insured.
The Government rules on social distancing will remain which means playing football is a non starter.
At some point they will wake up to this.

[aev]

The players don’t want to play, the players will not be insured.
The Government rules on social distancing will remain which means playing football is a non starter.
At some point they will wake up to this.

They will make exceptions for sport, otherwise why bother going through all this?